NeoBroadband fibre has numerous advantages over many uncapped ADSL products, including higher service levels, symmetrical access (the same download and upload speeds), low contention ratios and more flexibility.

However, despite these advantages many people simply compare the price of NeoBroadband fibre and uncapped business ADSL based on downlink speed to select the most affordable service.

The following table provides an overview on how Neotel’s fibre broadband service compares with Telkom’s business ADSL service on price.

Product

Download speed

Monthly price

Telkom Business 1Mbps uncapped ADSL

1Mbps

R595

NeoBroadband Fibre

1Mbps

R1,824

Telkom Business 2Mbps uncapped ADSL

2Mbps

R995

NeoBroadband Fibre

2Mbps

R3,477

Telkom Business 4Mbps uncapped ADSL

4Mbps

R1,795

NeoBroadband Fibre

5Mbps

R5,814

Telkom Business 10Mbps uncapped ADSL

10Mbps

R2,895

NeoBroadband Fibre

10Mbps

R9,348

These big price differences may not be here for long. Neotel said that it will boost their NeoBroadband service soon.

Abid Qadiri, Neotel’s chief business solutions excellence executive, said that Neotel is working on various solutions to enhance the experience of their NeoBroadband fibre services.

“These enhancements will address specific customer requirements including bandwidth, pricing and value added services. We will communicate the details closer to the launch,” said Qadiri.

Neotel is also planning a more affordable NeoBroadband fibre service, aimed at competing directly against Telkom’s ADSL products.